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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: MACOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Macominae (Subfamily)
> Ardeamya (Genus)
> spenceri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Angulus spenceri (Suter, 1907)
=Peronaea spenceri (Suter, 1907)
=Rexithaerus spenceri (Suter, 1907)
=Tellina (Angulus) spenceri Suter, 1907
=Tellina (Tellinella) spenceri Suter, 1907
=Tellina spenceri Suter, 1907
Images: Ardeamya spenceri (Suter, 1907)
Whitianga, Coromandel, in beach drift. 43mm. © rights reserved
Whitianga, Coromandel, in beach drift. 43mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: MACOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Macominae (Subfamily)
> Ardeamya (Genus)
> spenceri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Angulus spenceri (Suter, 1907)
=Peronaea spenceri (Suter, 1907)
=Rexithaerus spenceri (Suter, 1907)
=Tellina (Angulus) spenceri Suter, 1907
=Tellina (Tellinella) spenceri Suter, 1907
=Tellina spenceri Suter, 1907
Details: Ardeamya spenceri (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Width 63mm, Height 36mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, and north-eastern South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula. Shallow sublittoral, from 0-15m
Type Data:
  • Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2015 Compendium of Bivalves 2, ConchBooks: Harxheim, Germany (p.615)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.417)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Descriptions of six new species of shells and of Leptomya lintea, Hutton, from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 7 (p.212) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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